Maine
PUC opens investigation on smart meter opt-outThe
Maine Public Utilities Commission (PUC) is to open an
investigation to determine if Central Maine Power’s policy
of not providing its customers an opt-out option for smart meters
is “unreasonable, insufficient or unjustly discriminatory.”

Marin
County outlaws PG&E smart metersCiting the
potential risks to the health, safety and welfare of residents
Marin County in the north San Francisco Bay Area has placed a
moratorium on the installation of smart electric meters by Pacific
Gas & Electric Company.

OPINION
PIECE: Britain’s smart metering implementation programJames
Pace, Senior Director of Business Development, Silver Spring
NetworksOfgem’s highly anticipated prospectus for
the rollout of smart meters to every home and small business in
the U.K. is currently under consultation. The Smart Metering
Implementation Program is central to the government’s
ambition for a low carbon economy and its commitment to giving
consumers greater control over their energy usage.

WHITE
PAPER: Oracle - Protecting the Electric Grid in a Dangerous
WorldToday, the widespread use of standard
computing platforms and systems linked to the internet exposes the
electric grid to new risks of internal and external compromise and
potential disruption. To protect against these attacks, the
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) has mandated sweeping
security programs. The North American Electric Reliability
Corporation Critical Information Protection (NERC CIP) cyber
security standards have established comprehensive requirements
that will be phased in over the next several years.